On Food & Culture
During the WACC meeting of the central committee here in Vancouver, BC, Canada, I presented a seminar about media from a cultural perspective, shifting away from instrumentalism. The discussions and friendships during this event are affirming. As promised, these are the handouts in case you …
This wonderful poem, “A Forgotten People” can be used in prayer services, don’t you think? “Love your gente” is a rephrasing of ancient wisdom, even of “love your neighbor.” The whole site, Soy Chicano portal/site is a good mix of entertainment, thought and community connections. …
My friend in Santiago, Chile, Rodrigo Garcia says that “Can Linux be an opportunity to develop solutions in communites with limited resources, as in Latin America?” He mentions BioLinux, an Argentinian project that develops a sofware solution for Argentinean hospitals using the Linux platform and …
La Campesina Radio Network is an example of community radio, different from the “public radio” stations at university campuses, many of which play mainly European classical and are members of NPR. Radio Campesina was founded by Cesar Chavez and has a clear, direct, energy-filled identity …
Chicano art is fun and little by little getting digital. On-site is slowly moving into on-line. This store, Self Help Graphics, onsite, has a children’s book, “A New Sun/Un Nuevo Sol,” that I am buying for my godson. If you’d like to shop for hot …
Is it finally clear to a substantial number of our citizens that that we have gone too far with deregulation? I think so, when the National Rifle Association and the National Organization for Women team up to fight the Federal Communications Commission’s rule allowing even …
Celia Cruz was buried today, after a service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Cruz died from a brain tumor Wednesday in her home at Fort Lee, N.J., at age 77. In the 1950s, Cruz became famous with the Afro-Cuban group La Sonora …
This manifesto, from 1999, provides an interesting step into exploring the free market and copyright issues. Titled cluetrain manifesto, it is referred to by Mary Hess in a wonderful address she made to the Association of Theological Librarians. There is a market all over Latin …
UC Berkeley has a resource list that is a useful reference for looking up Chicano films, videos and publications. This is an example not only of resourcing Chicana materials, but also of a library that is making headway into integrating digital material with books. The …
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the Pacific School of Religion makes note of the film, “In The Name of Allah,” described as “the world’s first documentary to explore the complex intersections of Islam with Gender and Sexuality. It is by Parvez SharmaThe …